{"country":"United Kingdom","longitude":"","city":"London","website":"","os_y":"","os_x":"","url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=Bow_Bells;version=7","timestamp":"2006-05-15T16:17:35","content":"<blockquote>\n<i>\n\"You owe me five farthings,\" say the bells of St Martin's.<br />\n\"When will you pay me,\" says the bell of Old Bailey.<br />\n\"When I grow rich,\" say the bells of Shoreditch.<br />\n\"When will that be?\" say the bells of Stepney.<br />\n\"I do not know,\" says the great bell of Bow.\n</i>\n</blockquote>\n\n<i>Turn again, Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London.</i> The bells that called [[Dick Whittington]] back to London in [http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales_dickwhittington.html the story].\n\nOne definition of a [[Cockney]] is \"one born within the sound of Bow bell\".\n\nContrary to what some believe, the Bow Bells are not in [[Bow Church]] in the [[East End]], but at the [[Church of St Mary le Bow]], on [[Cheapside]] in the [[City of London]].  The current ones are also not all that old, having been cast at the [[Whitechapel]] bellfoundry in 1956.\n\n* [http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Bow_Bells All about the Bow Bells, from the St Mary le Bow website]\n\n----\n<small>","opening_hours_text":"","node_image_licence":"","node_image_url":"","summary":"","latitude":"","categories":[],"postcode":"","fax":"","formatted_content":"<p><blockquote>\n<i>\n\"You owe me five farthings,\" say the bells of St Martin's.<br />\n\"When will you pay me,\" says the bell of Old Bailey.<br />\n\"When I grow rich,\" say the bells of Shoreditch.<br />\n\"When will that be?\" say the bells of Stepney.<br />\n\"I do not know,\" says the great bell of Bow.\n</i>\n</blockquote></p>\n<p><i>Turn again, Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London.</i> The bells that called [Dick Whittington]<a href=\"?action=edit;id=Dick_Whittington\">?</a> back to London in <a href=\"http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales_dickwhittington.html\" class=\"external\">the story</a>.</p>\n<p>One definition of a <a href=\"?Cockney\">Cockney</a> is \"one born within the sound of Bow bell\".</p>\n<p>Contrary to what some believe, the Bow Bells are not in <a href=\"?Bow_Church\">Bow Church</a> in the <a href=\"?East_End\">East End</a>, but at the <a href=\"?Church_Of_St_Mary_Le_Bow\">Church of St Mary le Bow</a>, on [Cheapside]<a href=\"?action=edit;id=Cheapside\">?</a> in the <a href=\"?City_Of_London\">City of London</a>.  The current ones are also not all that old, having been cast at the [Whitechapel]<a href=\"?action=edit;id=Whitechapel\">?</a> bellfoundry in 1956.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Bow_Bells\" class=\"external\">All about the Bow Bells, from the St Mary le Bow website</a></li>\n</ul>\n<hr />\n\n<p><small></p>\n","username":"Anonymous","node_image":"","locales":["City of London"],"phone":"","address":"","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/Bow_Bells","version":"7"}